Good Gear Guide - spreadsheets RSS feedhttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/tag/spreadsheets/en-auTue, 21 Oct 2014 10:38:25 +1100Smartsheet, the project management tool cloaked as a spreadseet, adds visualizationhttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/557826/smartsheet-project-management-tool-cloaked-spreadseet-adds-visualization/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedSmartsheet, whose namesake online project management app uses a spreadsheet interface, has developed a visualization tool to let its customers graph and map workgroups in their organizations for better planning and supervision.Juan Carlos PerezTue, 21 Oct 2014 10:38:25 +1100http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/557826/smartsheet-project-management-tool-cloaked-spreadseet-adds-visualization/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedQuip mashes up documents and spreadsheetshttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/557077/quip-mashes-up-documents-spreadsheets/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedQuip is pushing ahead with its plan to turn the mobile and cloud productivity software market on its head, adding spreadsheet capabilities to its namesake app, which until now had been limited to documents.Juan Carlos PerezFri, 10 Oct 2014 03:49:18 +1100http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/557077/quip-mashes-up-documents-spreadsheets/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedGoogle breaks out Docs, Sheets from Drive mobile apphttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/544075/google_breaks_docs_sheets_from_drive_mobile_app/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedGoogle is releasing separate mobile apps for its Docs, Sheets and Slides apps, breaking them out from the Google Drive storage service where they used to reside.Juan Carlos PerezThu, 01 May 2014 08:51:49 +1000http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/544075/google_breaks_docs_sheets_from_drive_mobile_app/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedGoogle relaxes access controls to Apps documentshttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/528489/google_relaxes_access_controls_apps_documents/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedAdding convenience possibly at the expense of security, Google will now let people without a Google Account view documents stored in its Apps cloud suite.Juan Carlos PerezTue, 08 Oct 2013 02:25:00 +1100http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/528489/google_relaxes_access_controls_apps_documents/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedStartup Colabo gives marketers self-service analyticshttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/454871/startup_colabo_gives_marketers_self-service_analytics/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedA startup called Colabo has developed a set of analytics tools that it says marketers can use to research trends, brand awareness and other subjects without the need to involve IT departments.Chris KanaracusTue, 26 Feb 2013 15:53:45 +1100http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/454871/startup_colabo_gives_marketers_self-service_analytics/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedForrester: Enterprise social software to become a $6.4 billion market in 2016http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/409169/forrester_enterprise_social_software_become_6_4_billion_market_2016/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedEnterprise social collaboration software, which offer Facebook and Twitter-like capabilities adapted for workplaces, will grow strongly in the coming years, eclipsing demand for more traditional communications and collaboration products, according to a new study from Forrester Research.Juan Carlos PerezSat, 03 Dec 2011 04:04:22 +1100http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/409169/forrester_enterprise_social_software_become_6_4_billion_market_2016/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedNumbers for iPhonehttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/review/apple/numbers_for_iphone/389474/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedWhen I reviewed the initial release of Numbers for iPad in April 2010, I noted that it worked well for creating original spreadsheets, and for working on Numbers-native spreadsheets from your Mac, but that it fell short due to its inability to output files in Excel format. (Though Apple’s app could read such files, it would convert them to Numbers format). That version of Numbers was also available strictly for the iPad, and not the iPhone or iPod touch.Rob GriffithsWed, 08 Jun 2011 06:37:00 +1000http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/review/apple/numbers_for_iphone/389474/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedUse Microsoft Excel for (nearly) everythinghttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/378059/use_microsoft_excel_nearly_everything/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedMicrosoft Excel spreadsheets hold more than a million rows of data and automate number crunching, but they can do so much more. Excel's simple interface lends itself to uses well beyond those that its designers ever imagined.Helen BradleyMon, 28 Feb 2011 02:30:00 +1100http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/378059/use_microsoft_excel_nearly_everything/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedFour questions for Dan Bricklin, VisiCalc inventorhttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/373922/four_questions_dan_bricklin_visicalc_inventor/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedDan Bricklin first came up with the idea of an electronic spreadsheet while he was at Harvard Business School in 1978. He later joined forces with Bob Frankston and Dan Fylstra to publish the now-legendary VisiCalc in 1979. Bricklin, currently president of software developer Software Garden Inc., recently spoke with Computerworld about the intent of VisiCalc and how the spreadsheet has evolved.Sandra GittlenThu, 20 Jan 2011 07:06:00 +1100http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/373922/four_questions_dan_bricklin_visicalc_inventor/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedWhy some companies are ditching their spreadsheetshttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/373920/why_some_companies_ditching_their_spreadsheets/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedUntil a few years ago, Thule Group's North American division would have been considered a "classic spreadsheet-driven" company, according to Vice President of Finance Mark Cohen.Sandra GittlenThu, 20 Jan 2011 07:05:00 +1100http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/373920/why_some_companies_ditching_their_spreadsheets/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedMicrosoft debuts data visualization toolhttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/351711/microsoft_debuts_data_visualization_tool/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedMicrosoft has released a controller for its Silverlight multimedia software that can present dynamic visual summaries of large data sets in Web browsers.Joab JacksonThu, 01 Jul 2010 03:46:00 +1000http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/351711/microsoft_debuts_data_visualization_tool/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedStartup pushes Hadoop via spreadsheethttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/343123/startup_pushes_hadoop_via_spreadsheet/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeedA startup called Datameer is offering a simpler way for business analysts to use Hadoop, the open-source framework for large-scale data processing on clusters of commodity hardware.Chris KanaracusThu, 15 Apr 2010 04:24:00 +1000http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/343123/startup_pushes_hadoop_via_spreadsheet/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=tagfeed